Blanca Avelina Treviño de Vega (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1]) is president and executive director of Softtek,[2] a Mexican information and communication technologies company, the largest independent service provider in Latin America.[3]
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| Born | Blanca Avelina Treviño de Vega |
| Alma mater | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education |
| Employer | Softtek |
| Awards | Women in Technology Hall of Fame |
Education
editTreviño earned her bachelor's in 1981 in computer systems administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, Monterrey Campus.[4][1] At first, she regretted choosing the major, as all her classmates were men and she was intimidated. However, her father had already started to brag about how his daughter was studying the then new field and told her that he could not accept a daughter who was afraid. So, she stuck with it.[5]
Career
editA part-time job at Alfa, one of Monterrey's biggest companies, convinced Blanca Treviño to think bigger. When the company downsized and laid her off, the idea to form her own company emerged [1][5] In 1982, she co-founded Softtek with $10,000 and nine partners, who dreamed of having a global enterprise.[1] It has since grown to have more than 15,000 employees, and thirty offices in Latin America, Europe and Asia. Softtek also has major global delivery centers in Monterrey, Ensenada, Aguascalientes and Mexico City in Mexico as well as in Sao Paulo, Brazil; La Coruña, Spain; Wuxi, China; La Plata, Argentina; Bogotá, Colombia; Dallas, TX; and Bangalore, India.[1] The company's presence in the United States came through a Treviño initiative called "Nearshore" to provide outsourcing, taking advantage of Mexico's geographic proximity.[1][6]
Since 2000, she has been the general director of the company and the president of the executive board. Previously, she held positions as "team leader," vice president of sales and marketing as well as general director of operations in the United States.[7] >
Associations
editBlanca serves as Board Member of the UN Global Compact. Previously, she was Co-chair of the Partnership for Central America, an initiative supported by the US Vice President. In 2018, she became the first woman appointed to the Mexican Business Council, representing the largest companies in Mexico.
She participated for 15 years as an Independent Director of Walmart Mexico as well as foreign companies such as Goldcorp and state-owned enterprises such as the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE, for its Spanish abbreviation).
Recognition
editIn 2009, CNN Expansión magazine named her as one of the 50 most powerful women in Mexico, ranking her fourth.[3] In 2011, the Endeavor organization for the development of new entrepreneurs also recognized her career in this field.[8]
Treviño was the first woman to be inducted into the "Outsourcing Hall of Fame"of the International Association of Outsourcing (IAOP).[9]
In 2014, she was the first woman to be included in the Consejo Mexicano de Negocios, which caused them to change their name from Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios.[5]
In 2018, Educando (formerly Worldfund) recognized Blanca with the "Education Leadership Award" for her contributions and influence in improving education in Mexico.[10] Treviño was inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Takahashi, Hiroshi (January 4, 2014). "Blanca Treviño, la mujer que no quería ser millonaria". Forbes.
- ^ "Management Team". Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ a b "Blanca Treviño de Vega -". Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Ex-A-Tec - Revista Integratec 65 - En persona: Entrevista con Blanca Avelina Treviño de Vega (LSCA'81)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c Villeda, Karen (July 6, 2017). "La mexicana que superó el miedo y creó una empresa de 1,000 mdd". Alto Nivel. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ Can Latin America challenge India? =. Bloomberg. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Blanca Treviño de Vega: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Gala Endeavor 2011". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Goldcorp Inc. - Acerca de - Consejo". Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Educando 2018 – Educando Gala 2018". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "WITI - Blanca Trevino". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
